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Table 3 Farm hut ownership and overnight stays, risk behaviours and use of personal protection among adults aged 18+ years in the three study villages

From: Transmission risk beyond the village: entomological and human factors contributing to residual malaria transmission in an area approaching malaria elimination on the Thailand–Myanmar border

 

Komonae

Suan Oi

Pha Man

Total

n

% (95% CI)

n

% (95% CI)

n

% (95% CI)

n

% (95% CI)

Per household as reported by HH head (N = 192)

 HH owns a farm plot

17

30.9 (19.1–44.8)

21

17.9 (11.5–26.1)

9

45.0 (23.1–68.5)

47

24.5 (18.6–31.2)

 Country in which farm is located

  Thailand

1

5.9 (0.1–28.7)

8

40.0 (19.1–63.9)

4

44.4 (13.7–78.8)

13

28.3 (16.0–43.5)

  Myanmar

16

94.1 (71.3–99.9)

12

60.0 (36.1–80.9)

3

33.3 (7.5–70.1)

31

67.4 (52.0–80.5)

  Both

0

 

0

 

2

22.2 (2.8–60.0)

2

4.4 (0.5–14.8)

Per individual adult (N = 430)

 Sometimes stay overnight on a farm plot

  Yes

48

41.7 (32.6–51.3)

28

10.6 (7.2–15.0)

21

42.0 (28.2–56.8)

97

22.7 (18.8–26.9)

  No

67

58.3 (48.7–67.4)

235

89.4 (85.0–92.8)

29

58.0 (43.2–71.8)

331

77.3 (73.1–81.2)

Frequency of staying overnight on farm

 > Once per week

11

22.9 (12.0–37.3)

19

70.4 (49.8)

1

5.0 (0.1–24.9)

31

32.6 (23.4–43.0)

 Weekly-once per 2 weeks

32

66.7 (51.6–79.6)

6

22.2 (8.6–42.3)

9

45.0 (23.1–68.5)

47

49.5 (39.1–59.9)

 Once per month

2

4.17 (0.5–14.3)

1

3.7 (0.09–19.0)

1

5.0 (0.1–24.9)

4

4.2 (1.2–10.4)

 Farming season only

3

6.3 (1.3–17.2)

1

3.7 (0.09–19.0)

9

45.0 (23.1–68.5)

13

13.7 (7.5–22.3)

Used a net last time stayed overnight on farm

 Yes

22

45.8 (31.4–60.8)

25

92.6 (75.7–99.1)

14

66.7 (43.0–85.4)

61

63.5 (53.1–73.1)

 No

26

54.2 (39.2–68.6)

2

7.4 (0.9–24.3)

7

33.3 (14.6–57.0)

35

36.5 (26.9–46.9)

Used other prevention method last time

 Long clothes

2

4.2 (0.5–14.3)

7

25.0 (10.7–44.9)

2

9.5 (1.2–30.4)

11

11.3 (5.8–19.4)

 Treated clothing

0

 

4

14.3 (4.0–32.7)

0

 

4

4.1 (1.1–10.2)

 Spray

48

100 (92.6–100)

27

96.4 (81.7–99.9)

20

95.2 (76.2–99.9)

95

97.9 (92.7–99.7)